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Latest News : Antigua, Guatemala: Doors of perfection
Trevor Stutely visits Antigua, in Guatemala, a city where keeping up appearances is vital.

Latest News : Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS) Acquired Varicella Approval in Guatemala
Hard to Treat Diseases and its subsidiary Mellow Hope announce that the company received Registration Certificate for its MEVAC-Vari vaccine in Guatemala.

Latest News : Guatemala closer to extraditing ex-president to US
Guatemala is a step closer to extraditing former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face money laundering charges.

Latest News : Guatemala closer to extraditing ex-president to US
GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala is a step closer to extraditing former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face money laundering charges. Chief prosecutor Amilcar Velasquez says t...

Latest News : Linden native guides local foursome on trip to Guatemala
Deep-sea fishing in the Pacific Ocean amid 200 spinning dolphins and a humpback whale. Hiking up a live volcano with lava flowing. Residing in an open-air villa in Central America’s most visited city — Antigua.

4,400 caps knitted for newborns in Guatemala
On MormonTimes.com: More than 4,400 wool baby caps were knitted by Relief Society members in German-speaking Switzerland and...

Marathon wins in CONCACAF Champions League
Honduran club Marathon defeated Mexico's UNAM Pumas 2-0 on Wednesday in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal. In the other quarterfinal first leg, Comunicaciones of Guatemala secured a 1-1 home draw against Mexico's Pachuca. Marathon forward Walter Martinez scored a 17th minute penalty, and Carlos Will Mejia also scored from the spot in the 52nd.

International Women's Day In Guatemala
A woman dances during a march commemorating International Women's Day in Guatemala City, Monday. There are no current comments at this time. Be the first to post one!

Comunicaciones 1-1 Pachuca: Tuzos' Misfortune Continues
Pachuca went into Guatemala determined to turn their league fortunes around but left with just one point. Pachuca and Comunicaciones tied 1-1 in a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal match on Wednesday.

CONCACAF Champions League Glance
(Home teams listed first) QUARTERFINALS First Leg Tuesday, March 9 Columbus (United States) 2, Toluca (Mexico) 2 Wednesday, March 10 Marathon (Honduras) vs. Pumas UNAM (Mexico) Comunicaciones (Guatemala) vs. Pachuca (Mexico) Thursday, March 11 Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico) Second Leg Tuesday, March 16 Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Comunicaciones (Guatemala) Wednesday, March 17 Toluca ...

Signpost - Giving back to Guatemala
Last May, Weber State University students traveled to Guatemala to help local women start their own businesses.

CCL: Marathon topples UNAM Pumas in first leg
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduran club Marathon defeated Mexico's UNAM Pumas 2-0 on Wednesday in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal.

Teach for the World
Judging by the number of applicants for the 2010 Win-a-Trip contest (we have a winner!), perhaps we need an international version of Teach for America.

NY horse breeder convicted of animal cruelty
Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm.

Religion News in Brief
A campaign to give elderly Netherlands residents the right to assisted suicide has gathered more than 100,000 signatures, enough to force a parliamentary debate on the matter.

NY horse breeder convicted of animal cruelty
Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. A judge convicted Paragallo of 33 of 34 misdemeanor animal cruelty counts in a nonjury trial in Greene County. The 52-year-old Long Island resident was charged after state police and animal welfare investigators raided his farm in...

Plea Reached in Child Sex Case
A man who US Marshal's helped locate in Sequatchie County took a plea deal on a lesser charge. Fidias Anton,27, was originally wanted for the child rape of a 9-year-old girl. He admitted to criminal attempt of aggravated child abuse.

Top Scoops
The day began with Adi Leason under continued cross examination from the Crown. The prosecutor set about seeking admission from Adi that the action was not about stopping the satellite dishes from working thus slowing the pace of the war in Iraq but merely symbolic.

Witherspoon: First lady is D.C.'s top fashionista
Actress Reese Witherspoon says her Legally Blonde character Elle Woods, left, has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.

Students largely appear to be heeding warnings about traveling to Mexico during spring break
FORT WORTH -- Students appear to be following warnings to avoid parts of Mexico during spring break.

Students, staff members saddened by FUSD's decision to shut down School of Language Development
Students studied at the School of Language Development, which will close due to budget cuts. Last year during Summit High School’s first graduation ceremony, a Vietnamese teen addressed a huge gathering as the school’s valedictorian, speaking fluently and effortlessly.

Baked in Telluride burns
When it was over, chunks of Telluride history lay on the ground smoldering.

Guatemala arrests show drug corruption to the core
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The arrests of Guatemala's drug czar and national police chief underscore how deeply the world's multibillion-dollar drug industry can corrupt small countries with weak institutions — a trend the Obama administration warned Wednesday threatens global security.

Stamford man's death ruled a homicide
NORWALK -- Police are still looking for two men responsible for the execution-style shooting death of a gas station clerk early Saturday morning. Police Chief Harry Rilling said Tuesday he could not offer additional details in the death of Stamford resident Jose Joaquin Morales , 33, of 17 Lee St., pending a planned release Wednesday of information gathered by detectives working on the case.

The Clanton Advertiser
Bro. Shannon brought our morning message from Acts 1:8. He spoke on how we often get confused with the commandment to be a witness with going places to witness.

Coca-Cola and Water Use in India: Good Till the Last Drop [The Primate Diaries]
                 Coca-Cola sucks India dry.       Image: Carlos Latuff / Wikimedia Commons The marketing executive who came up with Coca-Cola's popular slogan in 1908 most likely never expected it would be taken so literally. However, a hundred years ago there probably weren't many who imagined a term like water wars could exist in a region that experiences annual monsoons. On February 25 a ...

10 former Agriprocessors workers to be deported to Mexico
POSTVILLE, Iowa — Ten undocumented aliens who were arrested and charged in the May 2008 raid at the former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse in Postville have learned that they will be deported by March 31.

Regional interest group promotes global thinking
As the City of Jacksonville continues to pursue global business opportunities, a regional group of professionals has made it a mission to enhance Jacksonville’s role in the global economy.

Students largely appear to be heeding warnings about traveling to Mexico during spring break
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to take precautions when visiting the country.

News Americas
Rights activists and residents have accused the Canadian owners of Guatemala's largest gold mine of exploiting local communities. Most worrying, they say, is the use of highly toxic cyanide to separate gold particles from the rock.

LAWRENCE: Neighborhoods urged to be counted
If you are not counted in the 2010 Census next month, you wonât count and that could lead to less federal money flowing into New Jersey, as well as the loss of political representation at the federal or state level.

2010 UNICEF Tap Project Launches to Help Provide Safe Water to Children Worldwide
Nationwide Initiative Calls on Supporters to Donate $1 for Tap Water at Participating Restaurants or Via Tapproject.org During World Water Week (March 21-27, 2010)

Soccer Capsules: Banfield draws 2-2 with Nacional, stays on top
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — James Rodriguez scored twice as Argentine league champion Banfield played to a 2-2 draw at Nacional of Uruguay on Wednesday to stay in control of Group 4 of the Copa Libertadores.

Horse breeder Ernest Paragallo found guilty of animal cruelty
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Ernest Paragallo was found guilty Wednesday on 33 of 34 counts of animal cruelty in Greene County Court, in Catskill.

Mountain Moments: Granlibakken
It's 9 a.m. on a Friday, and already, the families with young children are coming in.

Bridging the cultural gap
In Jaime Villacis' home country of Ecuador, there are laws that protect children, women and families. But, he said, those laws aren't followed and are rarely enforced.

N.Y. breeder convicted of animal cruelty
CATSKILL, N.Y. — Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. ... - By MARY ESCH The Associated Press

UN Honours Gates Foundation And Asian Lawmakers
The United Nations is recognizing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development with this year’s Population Award.

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. Announces the Sale of Shares by Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., Syufy Enterprises ...
PLANO, Texas -- Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (Cinemark) (NYSE: CNK) today announced that it is filing a...

Engineers Without Borders fundraiser set for Saturday night
Carroll College is planning a “Shamrock Soiree” this weekend tohelp raise money for the student chapter of Engineers WithoutBorders.

Paragallo guilty of animal cruelty
Ernest Paragallo (left) makes his way out of the courtroom after the verdict Wednesday as assistant DA Sarah Leggio packs up her paperwork. Paragallo remains free on bail pending sentencing in May.

Haiti presents Obama with $14bn vision of a rebuilt Caribbean paradise
Haiti’s President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a Caribbean paradise waiting to be rebuilt after January’s catastrophic earthquake — and a price tag that could rise to $14 billion (£9 billion).

Franklin County area births
CHAMBERSBURG -- David Clayton Shauf Jr. and Jolene Lynn Miller McGee, Chambersburg, had a son, Tristen Clayton Shauf, at 9:02 p.m. March 2, 2010, in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces and was 17 1/2 inches long.

Rice’s Lab-in-a-Backpack goes to work in remote locales
An ultra-portable Lab-in-a-Backpack developed by Rice University students is being tested in remote locales. A few are also being used in Haiti.

'This is it': Bend man survives Chile quake
Bend resident Jack Pelham was visiting Chile when last month's devastating earthquake hit. Now back home, he's able to explain his experience in one word: terrifying.

Pure intentions
Give a Bolivian family a pack of water — $5. Clean their entire irrigation system from 800 years of silver contamination — priceless. The OU Engineers Without Borders chapter is planning a trip to Potosi, Bolivia, to help improve the region’s water system, said Robert Knox, adviser to the organization.

Chargers score big win
NEWPORT BEACH — Playing a high school soccer game on a Saturday afternoon turned out to be something different for the girls of Newport Harbor and Edison.

Ormat Technologies Closes Acquisition of Hot Sulphur Springs II, LLC.
Ormat Technologies , today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ormat Nevada Inc., has completed its acquisition of membership interests in the Hot Sulphur Springs II LLC, which includes the Tuscarora project. Â

Baby-care course drops stillbirth rate
ROCKVILLE, Md., March 8 (UPI) -- The stillbirth rate in Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Pakistan and Zambia dropped after training was offered, researchers say.

NY horse breeder convicted of animal cruelty
CATSKILL, N.Y. - Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating...

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